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MSS Degree in Anthropology’ 2020
Session: 2019-2020
Anthropology of Human Rights
Course Description
The course will offer an understanding of key concepts, features and principles of human
rights. It will examine the historical development of human rights and the Universal
Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR). The course will also explore the anthropological
debate on human right and culture; and the human rights between Universalism and
cultural relativism. The course will also address the theory of social justice; the major
human rights treaties/covenants/conventions related to specific areas of focus include
women rights, SOGI rights, children rights, disability rights, indigenous rights, migration
and human rights, environmental rights; and the torture and disappearance. It will also
focus on the human rights norms and mechanism of Bangladesh and their problems and
challenges. The course is designed to encourage students to engage in critical reading
and to develop a critical thinking/perspective on the practices of human rights.
Course Lesson Plan
Week 1: Overview of Key Issues in Human Rights: Define Human Rights. Identify
Categories of Human Rights. Key Concepts, Features and Principles
Suggested Readings:
SEAHRN. (2014). “Chapter 1: The Fundamental of Human Rights.” An Introduction
to Human Rights in Southeast Asia. Bangkok: IHRP and SEAHRN
Hunt, L. (2007). Inventing human rights: a history. New York: W.W. Norton. »»»
Introduction (“We hold these truths to be self-evident”) and chapter 1 (“Torrent of
emotion”: reading novels and imagining equality). «««
Moyn, S. (2010). The last utopia: human rights in history. Cambridge, MA: Belknap
Press of Harvard University Press. »»» Chapter 1 (Humanity before human rights)
and chapter 2 (Death from birth). «««
Asad, Talal. (2009). Reflections on the Origins of Human Rights. Lecture series.
Berkley Center for Religion, Peace & World Affairs. Washington, D.C. Available at
.
Week 2: The Emergence of Human Rights and the Universal Declaration Model
Suggested Readings:
Michael Ignatieff. (2001). Human Rights as Politics and Idolatry. Pp. 3-53.
Roger Normand and Sarah Zaidi. (2008). “The Universal Declaration of Human
Rights.” Human rights at the UN : The Political History Of Universal Justice.
Bloomington: Indiana UP: 177-198.
1 Johannes Morsink (1999). The Universal Declaration of Human Rights, Origins,
Drafting and Intent, University of Pennsylvania Press, Chapter I and IIX.
Donnelly, Jack. (2003). Universal Human Rights in Theory and Practice, Cornell
University Press, pp. 1-37.
R.K.M. Smith & C. van den Anker. (2005). The Essentials of Human Rights, Hodder,
Chapter 1 „The Historical roots of Human Rights‟ by Michael Freeman
Week 3: The Three “Generations” of Human Rights: UDHR, ICCPR, ICESCR
Universal Declaration of Human Rights
International Covenant of Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR)
International Covenant on Economic, Social, and Cultural Rights (ICESCR)
Suggested Readings:
Donnelley, Jack. (2002). An Introduction to Human Rights. Chapters 1 – 5.
SEAHRN. (2014). “Chapter 1: The Fundamental of Human Rights.” An Introduction
to Human Rights in Southeast Asia. Bangkok: IHRP and SEAHRN
International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR). Available at
International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (ICESCR).
Available at < https//www.ohchr.org/en/professionalinterest/pages/cescr.aspx>
Week 4: Anthropological Debates on Human Rights and Culture
Suggested Reading:
American Anthropological Association. (1947). “Statement on Human Rights.”
American Anthropologist 49 (4): 539-43.
Steward, Julian. (1948). “Comments on the Statement on Human Rights.” American
Anthropologist 50: 351-2.
Messer, Ellen. (1993). "Anthropology and Human Rights." Annual Review of
Anthropology 22: 221-49.
Wilson, Richard A. (1996). "Introduction: Human Rights, Culture and Context."
In Human Rights, Culture and Context: Anthropological Perspectives. Richard
A. Wilson, Ed. London: Pluto Press.
Goodale, Mark. (2006). Toward a Critical Anthropology of Human Rights. Current
Anthropology, Volume 47, Number 3. Pp. (485-511). Available at
Asad, Talal. (2000). What Do Human Rights DO? An Anthropological Enquiry.
Theory & Event. Valume 4, Issue 4. Available at
.
Golder, Ben. Foucault, Anti-Humanism and Human Rights. Avaiable at
.
2 Stone, Matthew at el. (2012). New Critical Legal Thinking. Human Rights:
Confronting Governments? Michel Foucault and the Right to Intervene. Avaiable at
.
Week 5: Human Rights between Universality and Cultural Relativism
Suggested Readings:
Donnelly, Jack. (2013). Chapters 6 and 7 in Universal Human Rights in Theory and
Practice, third edition. On NYU Classes.
Donnelly, Jack. (2007). „The Relative Universality of Human Rights‟, Human Rights
Quarterly Vol. 29, pp. 281-306.
Michael, Goodhart. (2008). „Neither Relative nor Universal: A Response to
Donnelly‟, Human Rights Quarterly, Vol. 30, pp. 183-193.
Ann-Belinda S.Preis. (1996). „Human Rights as Cultural Practice: An
Anthropological Critique‟, Human Rights Quarterly, Vol. 18, pp. 286-315.
Donnelly, Jack. (2008). Human Rights: Both Universal and relative (A Reply to
Michael Goodhart), Human Rights Quarterly, Vol. 30, pp. 194-204.
Week 6: Human Rights and Social Justice
Suggested Reading:
Rawls, J. (1999). A theory of justice . rev. ed ed. Cambridge, Mass: Belknap Press of
Harvard University Press, pp.1-4, 10-12, 24. «««
Sen, A. (2009). The idea of justice . Cambridge, Mass.: The Belknap Press of
Harvard Univ. Press. »»» Introduction (An Approach to Justice), chapter 2 (Rawls
and Beyond), chapter 11 (Lives, Freedom and Capabilities). «««
Rawls, J. (1985). Justice as fairness: Political not metaphysical. Philosophy and
Public Affairs, pp.223–251.
Week 7: Women Rights: CEDAW
Suggested Reading:
Partners for Law in Development. (2004). “Foundational Framework of CEDAW.”
CEDAW: Restoring Rights to Women. New Delhi: PLD: 23-36.
Martha Nussbaum. (2016). “Women‟s progress and Women‟s human rights.”
Human Rights Quarterly 28: 580-62
The Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action Turns 20. (2015). New York, UN
Women. Available in Online
https://sustainabledevelopment.un.org/content/documents/1776The%20Beijing%20
Declaration%20and%20Platform%20for%20Action%20turns%2020.pdf
CEDAW. Available in Online
https://www.ohchr.org/Documents/ProfessionalInterest/cedaw.pdf
3Week 8: Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity (SOGI) & SRHR Rights
Suggested Reading:
Sanders, Douglas (2008). “Sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression,
intersexuality.” Routledge Encyclopedia of Human Rights.
The Yogyakarta Principles. 2007. Principle 3 of The Yogyakarta Principles on the
Application of International Human Rights Law in Relation to Sexual Orientation
and Gender Identity (pp.6-12). Available at
SEAHRN. (2016). “Sex and Gender Diversity.” An Introduction to Human Rights in
Southeast Asia. Volume 2. Bangkok: IHRP and SEAHRN
International Commission of Jurists. (2009). Sexual Orientation, Gender Identity and
International Human Rights Law: Practitioners‟ Guide, no. 4.
Michael O‟Flaherty and John Fisher. (2008). “Sexual Orientation, Gender Identity
and International Human Rights Law: Contextualising theYogyakarta Principles.”
Human Rights Law Review 8:2: 207 – 248.
International Commission of Jurists. (2009). Sexual Orientation, Gender Identity and
International Human Rights Law. Switzerland. Available at:
.
Week 9: Children Rights: CRC
Suggested Readings:
Arts, K. (2014) „Twenty-Five Years of the United Nations Convention on the Rights
of the Child: Achievements and Challenges‟, Nether lands International Law
Review, pp. 61: 267. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0165070X14001272
UNICEF. (2012). “Frequently Asked Question on the Convention of the Rights of
the Child.” Geneva: UNICEF\
Week 10: Peoples with Differently Able Rights
Suggested Readings:
OHCHR. (2007). From Exclusion to Equality: Realizing the rights of persons with
disabilities. Handbook for Parliamentarians on the Convention on the Rights of
Persons with Disabilities and its Optional Protocol. Geneva: United Nations,:
“Chapter One: Overview” (pp 1-7); “Chapter Two: the Convention.(pp. 9-24)
Eilionóir Flynn. (2011). From Rhetoric to Action Implementing the UN Convention
on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities. Cambridge: Cambridge UP.
Read: Chapter 1: Comparative International Trends in Disability Law and Policy
Week 11: Indigenous Rights: Declaration of Indigenous Rights
Suggested Readings:
Draft Declaration on Indigenous Rights
Biolsi, Thomas. (2001). Deadliest Enemies: Law and the Making of Race Relations
on and off Rosebud Reservation. Introduction. (pp. 1-20). Univ. of California Press.
4 Sieder, Rachel and Jessica Witchell, (2001). “Advancing indigenous claims trough
the law: reflections on the Guatemalan Peace process”. In Cowan, Jane K. Marie-
Benedicte, Dembour, and Richard A.Wilson (eds.) Culture and Rights:
Anthropological Perspectives. New York: Cambridge University Press.
Week 12: Migration and Refugee Rights
Suggested Readings:
Arisman ; Jaya, Ratnawati Kusuma, (2018) Protection of Human Rights and Labour
Migration for Employment Purpose Across ASEAN / Center for Southeast Asian
Studies. Jakarta: CSEAS
Amnesty International, (2010). Trapped: The Exploitation of Migrant Workers in
Malayasia: Equality in Law is Human Rights. Amnesty International, United
Kingdom.
UNHRC, (2011). Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights, New York:
UN. Available at Online: <
https://www.ohchr.org/documents/publications/GuidingprinciplesBusinesshr_eN.pdf
>
International Convention on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and
Members of their Families. New York and Geneva. Available at Online <
https://www.ohchr.org/Documents/Publications/FactSheet24rev.1en.pdf>
Week 13: The Environmental Rights
Suggested Readings:
Alan Boyle, (2006). “Human Rights or Environmental Rights? A Reassessment.”
Fordham Environmental Law Review 18: 471.
UNEP, n.d. Compendium on Human Rights and the Environment: Selected
international legal materials and cases. Paris: UNEP. Read pp 1-8.
SEAHRN. (2016). An Introduction to Human Rights in Southeast Asia. Volume 2.
Bangkok: SEAHRN
Read: Chapter Fourteen: “The environment and Human Rights”
Week 14: Torture and Disappearances: Convention against Torture and other
Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment (CAT)
Suggested Readings:
Malcolm Evans. (2002) „Getting to Grips with Torture.‟ International and
Comparative Law Quarterly, 51, pp.365 – 383.
Nowak, Manfred, (2009). “Torture and Enforced Disappearance.” International
Protection of Human Rights: A Textbook. Catarina Krause and Martin Scheinin
(eds.). Turku: Institute for Human Rights, Åbo Akademi University.
William Schulz. Ch 17: “Torture.” In Human Rights: Politics and Practice. William
Goodhart ed. Oxford: Oxford UP: 297-315.
Calverio, Pilar; Nichols, William; and Hilde, Thomas (2007), „Torture: New
Methods and Meanings‟, South Central Review, vol. 21, no. 1, pp 101 – 118
5 John Conroy. (2001). Unspeakable acts, ordinary people: the dynamics of torture.
Berkeley: University of California Press.
Week 15: Human Rights at the UN System
Suggested Readings:
United Nations Charter
International Service for Human Rights. “A Simple Guide to the Treaty Bodies.”
Geneva: ISHR, n.d.
OHCHR. (2008). “Chapter 5: Human Rights Council.” “Chapter 6: Special
Procedures.” “Chapter 7: The Universal Periodic Review.” “Human Rights Treaty
Bodies.” Working with the United Nations Human Rights Programme: A Handbook
for Civil Society. New York and Geneva: OHCHR. 75-106 & 107-135.
Limon, Marc & Hilary Power. (2014). “History of the United Nations Special
Procedures Mechanism: Origins, Evolution and Reform.” Switzerland: Universal
Rights Group 2014
IRCT and HRHN. (2011). “A Practical Guide to the UPR How NGOs can influence
the Universal Periodic Review Process” International Rehabilitation Council for
Torture Victim and Human Rights House Network.
Week 16: Human Rights and Asian Values
Suggested Readings:
Sen, Amartya. (1997). Human Rights and Asian Values. Sixteenth Morgenthau
Memorial Lecture on Ethics & Foreign Policy. New York. Available at <
https://www.carnegiecouncil.org/publications/archive/morgenthau/254/_res/id=Attac
hments/index=0/254_sen.pdf)>
Sung-Joo, Han. Asian Values: Asset or Liberty? Globalization, Governance and
Civil Society. Available at <
http://www.jcie.org/researchpdfs/global_gov/8_H%20Sung-Joo.pdf>
Sagymbayev, Serik. (2015). Towards a Unified Approache to Human Rights: The
“Asian Values” Challenges
Tew, Yvonne. (2009). Beyond “Asian Values”: Rethinking Rights. Centre of
Governance and Human Rights. Available at <
https://www.repository.cam.ac.uk/bitstream/handle/1810/245115/CGHR_WP_5_201
2_Tew.pdf>.
Shen, Fei and Tsui, Lokman. (2018). Revisiting the Asian Values Thesis: An
Empirical Study of Asian Values, Internet Use, and Support for Freedom of
Expression in 11 Societies. Available at <
file:///C:/Users/Liton%20Hossen/Downloads/AS5803_08_Shen%20(1).pdf>.
Week 17: Human Rights Norms and Mechanism of Bangladesh: Civil, Political and
ECOSOC Rights and their problems, Challenges and Opportunities
Suggested Readings:
Constitution of Bangladesh. Peoples Republic of Bangladesh. Constitution of
Bangladesh. People‟s Republic of Bangladesh. Available at <
http//hrlibrary.umn.edu/research/bangladesh-constitution.pdf>.
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